Kristin Cabot, the former Human Resources director of the tech company Astronomer, has spoken for the first time about the viral scandal at the Coldplay concert, in an extensive interview with The New York Times. She acknowledged that her behavior at that moment - which included dancing and acting affectionately with the then CEO Andy Byron - was a "bad decision" motivated by a few cocktails, describing it as a "cliché mistake".
The video's spread not only affected her career but also exposed her family: Cabot has received death threats and harassment, detailing that the situation has had harsh consequences for her children.
In the interview with the New York Times, she explained that she was not in a sexual relationship with Byron and that the couple had never kissed before that night, although she admits to having been "in love" with her boss.
"I made a bad decision and had a couple of High Noons (alcoholic drink), danced, and acted inappropriately with my boss," she stated, adding that "I took responsibility and resigned from my career because of it".
The BBC has also echoed the interview and other statements to various media outlets. Regarding why she chose to speak now, Cabot told The Times that it's still "not over for me, nor for my children. The harassment has not ended".
Cabot's two children feel too embarrassed for their mother to pick them up from school, she says, or to attend games together.
"They are angry with me. And they may be angry with me for the rest of their lives, I have to accept that".
Cabot told the New York Times that she received threatening messages after the incident, even from someone who claimed to know where she shopped and wrote: "I'm coming for you".
"My children were afraid that I would die and they would die", she explained, stating that her family began to fear public spaces and social events.
Women were the harshest critics in person, she told the New York Times, in addition to most phone calls and messages coming from women.
Her private data was published online, and for weeks she was bombarded with up to 600 calls a day, as reported by the New York Times.
Paparazzi paraded outside her house, and she received between 50 and 60 death threats.